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NOTES. 16134, 2. 'E^aip^ovs—a reserve fleet, distinct from the (^fXaicdj,inspected yearly ; any ships not in first-rate condition werereplaced. Kara rhv—the addition of the article adds formalSrecision to the language. TpM]pdpxovs—the ships wereocked, so that the captains would have nothing to do unlessthere were an attack by sea. See c. 04. &v—goes back torptiipm. •*"xP^"^**^— ^8 ®^^y *^ supply (io^, but by nomeans certain that Thuc. intended this. See c. 18, 1 ylyveaOouand 5 oh x/'W^^'^^ii. t\v 8^u—the apod, is implied in roDaiiToO K.as, I . 'EKct—the Messenians of Naupactns, placed there byAthens 455 B.C., the Acamanians and Zacynthians. Mc6w-VT]v—contrast the order in c. 18, 1 and 3 below. M., nowModon, is in Messenia, but after the Messenian Wars, circa 650B.C., Messenia belonged to Laconia. About the same date,the inhabitants of Nauplia, expelled from Argolis, were settledin Methone by Sparta, to hold the port in her interest as theMessenians afterwards held Naupactus for Athena. irpo